The Standout Presentations from Sight Unseen Offsite

This year, Sight Unseen founders Jill Singer and Monica Khemsurov approached their fan-favorite fair a bit differently, pulling several exhibitions from the main fair and presenting them in satellite locations. This bold choice allowed the fair to sprawl out—from one confined space to the whole of New York City—and become more integrated with NYCxDesign. That said, there was still plenty to see at the fair's hub at 201 Mulberry Street, which opens to the public tomorrow and runs through May 20. Besides a project that paired designers with celebrities in the entertainment, food, and fashion worlds (full report on that to come), there were launches, collaborations, and activations aplenty. Here, we highlight the standouts—get your tickets to see them (and the rest of the stellar show) in person here.

Block Shop Rugs

Sisters Lily and Hopie Stockman have expanded their Block Shop Textiles portfolio with a new line of rugs, launched at the show. Riffing on the traditional styles of dhurrie and Berber carpets, the Stockmans present theirs in bright, modern colors.

What's the recipe for a perfectly Instagrammable booth? Apparently, Levi's Made & Crafted knows. The company, which last year was responsible for Eny Lee Parker's millennial-pink space, has come through with a photogenic space again in this year's presentation of new work by three on-the-rise creatives. Furniture by Moving Mountains' Syrette Lew, ceramics by Giselle Hicks, and carpets by Cold Picnic look so good together we wouldn't be surprised if someone offers to snap up the whole lot.

Furniture by Laun

Making its debut at the fair, Los Angeles–based Laun—founded by two ex-architects—presented its DeMille chair and Confetti table, both of which are suitable for outdoor use (the table also doubles as a planter when flipped upside down).

Twyla Wallpaper

Online art retailer Twyla presented an exciting new foray at the show: wallpaper. Though it's a new medium for the company, it didn't stray far from its roots. Twyla worked with artists to translate various photographic works into wall coverings. This pattern, by Brooklyn-based painter Hollister Hovey, is based on a photograph by Matthieu Venot. "When looking at Matthieu's photographs, you're transported into a deco dream world of sherbet-drenched architectural perfection," says the artist. We'd say she captured that perfectly.

Eny Lee Parker x Kaja Dahl

As part of the third annual Norway x New York installation, seven American designers partnered with Norwegian counterparts to create new products, like this playful candelabra by Eny Lee Parker and Kaja Dahl.

Hotel Tonight "Camoflauge" with Steven Bukowski and Hannah Bigeleisen

When asked how this partnership came about, Steven Bukowski recalls, "Hotel Tonight was like, 'Can you design a dream hotel room?' And we were like, 'Of course we can!'" To do so, he and Hannah Bigeleisen veered from the drab interiors of most hotel rooms. "We wanted to create a space where you could come to relax but still be visually stimulated," explains Bigeleisen of the resulting pattern-heavy, Memphis-inspired room, for which she and Bukowski custom designed all the furniture, art, and accessories.

Furniture by Jumbo

Architects Justin Donnelly and Monling Lee teamed up to create Jumbo, a new furniture brand. For their debut collection, Neotenic, the duo married industrial hydronic piping with luxe hair-on-hide. "We'd seen this material as architects and I'd always wondered why it was never used in furniture," explains Donnelly. The furniture is comprised of cast pipes and painted by the same finisher who worked with Wendell Castle.

Layering Transparency by Nina Cho

If you've been to Offsite in the past, you've likely seen Cho's work—but you wouldn't know it. The Cranbrook grad, who recently settled in Detroit, has presented work in metal and marble, but this is her first foray into glass. Created as part of the Guest Artist Pavilion Project at the Toledo Museum of Art, the pieces bridge the gap between table and vessel.

Weft with Vonnegut/Kraft and Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Vonnegut/Kraft and Slow and Steady Wins the Race created this collection, Dépayesment, using Weft, a tool for weaving custom fabric. The designers took cues on furniture silhouettes from the graphic prints, which were created by riffing on a single pattern.

Kim Markel for Glossier

Designer Kim Markel, known for crafting furniture out of recycled plastic, partnered with Glossier to present a series of furniture partly made from the beauty company's recycled product packaging—rendered, of course, in its signature pink.

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